Distance Education at YSU: Workload

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Distance Education at YSU Workload

• by
• Dr. Annette M. Burden,
• YSU Interim DL Director

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• DL or DE refers to instruction where the
  instructor and the student are separated
  geographically so that face-to-face communication
  is absent.
• Communication accomplished by one or more
  technological media, and may be either
  asynchronous or synchronous.
• May employ correspondence study, or audio, video,
  or computer technologies now known or hereafter
  developed, utilized to teach any distance course
  originating from or sponsored by the University.
• "Course" refers to any class offered for credit
  or non-credit. This includes, but is not limited
  to, both distance education classroom courses
  (VC) and online courses (WB). The provisions in
  this article, unless otherwise stipulated, shall
  refer to all distance learning.

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• 28.3 Workload
• Admin. Assoc. supports development
• Recognizes the value importance when
  appropriately
• Encourages the development of distance learning
  courses

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• Within each college actively involved in
  asynchronous distance learning, a BUFM shall
  receive release time of two 2 workload hours (WH)
  for instructional design to develop a new or make
  major revisions to an approved online distance
  learning course as specified in the DL Strategic
  Plan.
• WB not VC
• Instructional design - systematic process of
  translating general principles of learning and
  instruction into plans for instructional
  materials and learning
• Approval
• appropriate form must be filled out by faculty
  member, signed by chair, and sent to Deans
  office for approval at micro level
• Forms approved at mid level are to be sent to
  DEAC
• DEAC will recommend approval at macro level
• Forms must be completely processed with final
  approval by timeline set forth in Schedule of
  operations.
• Copies of final approval at macro level will be
  sent to appropriate department for processing.
• Course developer must be properly trained in
  instructional design best practice for WB
  courses.
• A course developer shall have first right of
  refusal to teach the course developed.

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• Compensation for the instruction of an
  asynchronous distance education course shall
  equal the workload hours for that course plus one
  (1) additional workload hour unless otherwise
  agreed to in the Faculty Distance Learning
  Agreement (FDLA)
• WB not VC
• Instructor
• Must be properly trained in teaching and learning
  best practice for WB courses.
• Can develop media for enhanced instruction, but
  must apply for Deans release time for additional
  compensation
• Intellectual property rules are as defined in
  contract
• Approval
• appropriate form must be filled out by faculty
  member, signed by chair, and sent to Deans
  office for approval at micro level
• Forms approved at mid level are to be sent to
  DEAC
• DEAC will recommend approval at macro level
• Forms must be completely processed with final
  approval by timeline set forth in Schedule of
  operations.
• Copies of final approval at macro level will be
  sent to appropriate department for processing.

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• It is not the intent of the University to use
  distance education technology to permanently
  reduce, eliminate, or consolidate fulltime
  bargaining unit positions at the University.

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• Need list of courses being offered for Spring as
  either VC or WB by September 12
• Unless dire need arises, no new development will
  be accepted for Fall 08 or Spring 09

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